HELSINKI, Jan. 25 – Finland which spends five times less than Ukraine on heating its housing sector, will provide Kiev with the technical solutions to improve energy efficiency, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development and Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadiy Zubko told Interfax-Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 – The European Commission said it hopes soon to give a positive recommendation for cancellation of visa travel regime with EU for Ukraine and in 2016 build on current support programs to improve the business climate, provide support to small and medium-sized enterprises, and help Ukraine find new markets.

DAVOS, Jan. 21 - President Petro Poroshenko is confident about a positive outcome of the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on the provision of the next tranche to Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – President Petro Poroshenko said that the Russian ruble's recent significant weakening against foreign currencies is a result of lower oil prices and international sanctions against Russia, which remain in force, as Moscow failed to comply with its commitments.

DAVOS, Jan. 21 - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has expressed a favorable view about the prospect of giving Ukraine yet another IMF tranche.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - In comments that could antagonize both the rebels and the Kremlin, President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday that Ukraine will not give its eastern regions greater autonomy until a lasting ceasefire with pro-Russian separatist rebels is in place, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 – Russia's actions against Ukraine violated the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest memorandum, according to which Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Romanian MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament) said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Ukraine is a unitary state that speaks a single state language, Ukrainian, President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to compatriots on the occasion of the Day of Unity on Thursday.

DAVOS, Jan. 23 - Ukraine's army operation in the east has a significant effect on its financial status, Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

"We are daily spending $5-7 million on this war," she told reporters at the Ukrainian Breakfast arranged by the Pinchuk Foundation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

KIEV, Jan.25 - Pro-Russian rebels, backed by what NATO says is Kremlin troops, pressed on with their offensive in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five months ago, Reuters reported.